Risk of target organ damage in patients with arterial hypertension and various numbers of metabolic syndrome components

Abstract

The metabolic syndrome is one of most socially significant and strategic problems of clinical medicine. It is known that metabolic syndrome promotes earlier and more expressed target organ damage in patients with arterial hypertension. However, correlation of the number of metabolic syndrome components with target organ damage, selection of metabolic syndrome components, influencing expressiveness on target organ damage, are studied insufficiently. In this study it is determined that with the elevating number of the metabolic syndrome components, the frequency and expressiveness of heart, kidney and vessel damage, accompanied by the increased risk of development of cardiovascular complications, increase in patients with the maximum number of the metabolic syndrome components. Moreover, it is revealed that the relative risk of simultaneous damage of heart, kidneys and vessels in patients with arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome, apart from high blood pressure and abdominal obesity is associated with the increase of fasting glucose level.